Silvia

See also: silvia and Sílvia

Translingual

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Proper noun

Silvia f

1. Synonym of Silviella (in family Orobanchaceae)
2. Synonym of Escobedia (in family Orobanchaceae)

See also

• Mezilaurus (in family Lauraceae)
• Sylvia

References

• See search for Silvia at Plants of the World Online.

English

Alternative forms

• Sylvia

Etymology

Feminine form of Silvius, from Latin silva (“forest”). In myths, Rhea Silvia was the mother of famous twins Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. 6th-century saint Silvia was the mother of the pope Gregory the Great.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪlvi.ə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Silvia

1. A female given name from Latin.
   • c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:

     Who is Silvia? what is she? / That all our swains commend her? / Holy, fair and wise is she; / The heaven such grace did lend her, / That she might admired be.

2. A surname.

Related terms

• Silvanus
• sylvan

Translations

female given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西尔维娅

• Czech: Silvie (cs) f
• Danish: Sylvia
• Estonian: Silvia
• Finnish: Sylvia (fi)
• French: Sylvie (fr)
• Galician: Silvia (gl) f
• German: Silvia (de), Sylvia (de)
• Greek: Σίλβια (el) f (Sílvia)
• Hungarian: Szilvia (hu)
• Italian: Silvia (it)
• Latvian: Silvija f
• Norwegian: Sylvia (no)
• Polish: Sylwia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Sílvia (pt) f
• Russian: Си́львия (ru) f (Sílʹvija)
• Spanish: Silvia (es)
• Swedish: Sylvia (sv)

Anagrams

• Vasili

Estonian

Proper noun

Silvia

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Silvia

Related terms

• Silvi

Faroese

Proper noun

Silvia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Silvia

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Silviu: Silviuson
• daughter of Silvia: Silviudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Silvia
Accusative	Silviu
Dative	Silviu
Genitive	Silviu

German

Alternative forms

• Sylvia

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Silvia

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Silvia

Italian

Etymology

Feminine form of Silvius, from Latin silva (“forest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsil.vja/
• Rhymes: -ilvja
• Hyphenation: Sìl‧via

Proper noun

Silvia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Silvia

Anagrams

• Alvisi, Vilasi, lisavi, salivi

Portuguese

Etymology

Feminine form of Silvius, from Latin silva (“forest”).

Proper noun

Silvia f

1. a female given name, variant of Sílvia

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɫvia/

Proper noun

Silvia f (genitive singular Silvie, nominative plural Silvie, declension pattern of ulica)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Silvia

Declension

Declension of Silvia

	singular	plural
nominative	Silvia	Silvie
genitive	Silvie	Silvií
dative	Silvii	Silviám
accusative	Silviu	Silvie
locative	Silvii	Silviách
instrumental	Silviou	Silviami

Further reading

• “Silvia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Etymology

Feminine form of Silvius, from Latin silva (“forest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsilbja/ [ˈsil.β̞ja]
• Rhymes: -ilbja
• Syllabification: Sil‧via

Proper noun

Silvia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Silvia

Related terms

• Silvio